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Spike Lee Quotes: "I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back and let other people define our existence."

I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back and let other people define our existence.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets."

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.




Spike Lee Quotes: "I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten."

I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.



Spike Lee Quotes: "It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work."

It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.




Spike Lee Quotes: "Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest."

Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.



Spike Lee Quotes: "When you love something it's not a job anymore."

When you love something it's not a job anymore.



Spike Lee Quotes: "All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love."

All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.




Spike Lee Quotes: "American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them."

American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect."

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.



Spike Lee Quotes: "Power is knowing your past."

Power is knowing your past.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan."

I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night."

I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.




Spike Lee Quotes: "It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are."

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.



Spike Lee Quotes: "Those that'll tell don't know, and those that know won't tell."

Those that'll tell don't know, and those that know won't tell.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I don't think my films are going to get rid of racism or prejudice. I think the best thing my films can do is provoke discussion."

I don't think my films are going to get rid of racism or prejudice. I think the best thing my films can do is provoke discussion.



Spike Lee Quotes: "There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled."

There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled.



Spike Lee Quotes: "As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval."

As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I don't think racism can be eliminated in my lifetime ... or my children's or grandchildren's. But I think it's something we have to strive for. I'm going to keep working toward that day coming."

I don't think racism can be eliminated in my lifetime ... or my children's or grandchildren's. But I think it's something we have to strive for. I'm going to keep working toward that day coming.



Spike Lee Quotes: "Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind."

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.



Spike Lee Quotes: "It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody."

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I like to work with the same people when I can, and you want to get people with the same interests that you have, and the same aesthetic."

I like to work with the same people when I can, and you want to get people with the same interests that you have, and the same aesthetic.



Spike Lee Quotes: "Fight the power that be. Fight the power."

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.



Spike Lee Quotes: "You have to do the research. If you don't know about something, then you ask the right people who do."

You have to do the research. If you don't know about something, then you ask the right people who do.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I wouldn't be doing motherfu**ing films for almost three decades if every time I did something that someone didn't like I went in a fu**ing cocoon and just hid there and didn't make my art."

I wouldn't be doing motherfu**ing films for almost three decades if every time I did something that someone didn't like I went in a fu**ing cocoon and just hid there and didn't make my art.



Spike Lee Quotes: "A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there."

A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I don't get tripped up in technology. I use technology as a tool. 'Oldboy' we shot Two Pro 35mm. For 'Da Blood of Jesus,' we shot digitally. We shot the new Sony F55. It's a 4K camera."

I don't get tripped up in technology. I use technology as a tool. 'Oldboy' we shot Two Pro 35mm. For 'Da Blood of Jesus,' we shot digitally. We shot the new Sony F55. It's a 4K camera.



Spike Lee Quotes: "If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure."

If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure.



Spike Lee Quotes: "Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again."

Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again.



Spike Lee Quotes: "Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith."

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not a good thing for young kids."

I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not a good thing for young kids.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful."

I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.



Spike Lee Quotes: "A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there."

A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.



Spike Lee Quotes: "Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer."

Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.



Spike Lee Quotes: "America doesn't have the moral right to tell other people what to do. To say the whole world has to fall into line is you-know-what. I hope more people will rise up."

America doesn't have the moral right to tell other people what to do. To say the whole world has to fall into line is you-know-what. I hope more people will rise up.



Spike Lee Quotes: "It is really important that young people find something that they want to do and pursue it with passion. I'm very passionate about filmmaking. It's what I love to do."

It is really important that young people find something that they want to do and pursue it with passion. I'm very passionate about filmmaking. It's what I love to do.



Spike Lee Quotes: "Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do."

Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.



Spike Lee Quotes: "We’ve gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that’s an indication of a people still trying to find their identity. Who determines what is black?"

We’ve gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that’s an indication of a people still trying to find their identity. Who determines what is black?



Spike Lee Quotes: "What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real."

What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.



Spike Lee Quotes: "Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner."

Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I really don't deal with hypotheticals."

I really don't deal with hypotheticals.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker."

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.



Spike Lee Quotes: "People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world."

People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world.



Spike Lee Quotes: "My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker."

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.



Spike Lee Quotes: "Cause mo better makes it mo better."

Cause mo better makes it mo better.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I'm not the go-to guy. Everybody is trying to tell their story and have different ways of telling it."

I'm not the go-to guy. Everybody is trying to tell their story and have different ways of telling it.



Spike Lee Quotes: "We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that all of us are in some form of the arts."

We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that all of us are in some form of the arts.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody."

I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.



Spike Lee Quotes: "We're the most violent nation on earth. There's no getting away from that. But you've got to look at it on a broader level."

We're the most violent nation on earth. There's no getting away from that. But you've got to look at it on a broader level.



Spike Lee Quotes: "I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character."

I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character.